Somewhere in the dark, Catherine heard a vague voice ringing deep in her mind.
But she couldn't see anything.
Because her field of vision was filled with intense light, as if she was in a world made of light.
"Catherine?" the voice said again.
"Teacher, I'm back." Catherine closed her eyes, and the sunny town reappeared in front of her eyes.
Allen stood in front of her, his handsome face expressionless. His eyes were as deep as ever, as if he was thinking about something.
After a while, he stuffed Delphi's notes into his pocket and said slowly:
"Let's go."
Catherine nodded and followed Allen's pace.
Catherine's reaction just now once again confirmed Allen's inner guess. He knew that only by going to the capital of the empire and to the temple dedicated to the sun god could he truly see the truth of the world.
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The Imperial Capital is not far from Luoxue Town, but Alan and Catherine did not choose to fly as before, but chose to walk slowly, as if there was an invisible resistance preventing them from going to the Imperial Capital.
While walking, Catherine once again recited the little poem "I saw someone who shouldn't have existed" in a light voice, and her face was as pale as snow, as if she was full of fear for this journey.
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But even so, she did not hesitate in her steps and still followed closely behind Allen.
After they had traveled about hundreds of miles, the first obstacle appeared in front of them.
"Teacher, look, there is a snake there!"
Catherine suddenly pointed to the middle of the road and said with a somewhat frightened expression.
Allen looked in the direction she pointed, and saw an old wooden box appearing in the middle of the road. A huge black python spit out a snake message and slowly crawled towards them.
"Don't be afraid," Alan said calmly, "Follow me."
As he spoke, his eyes quietly turned black. At the same time, he slowly raised his right arm and gently shook it in the air.
Immediately, the black python seemed to be strangled by an invisible hand, rolling around in the middle of the road as if suffocated, struggling painfully, and soon became silent.
Catherine watched all this without saying a word, looking at Allen with more admiration and admiration in her eyes.
The two of them walked around the python's body and continued forward.
A few minutes later, a strange-looking devil wearing a cloak, a pointed hat, and holding a sword appeared in front of them and blocked their way.
The strange thing is that although they are on land at the moment, the devil is standing on a small boat, slowly gliding towards them as if the ground has turned into liquid and the road has turned into a river.
"It seems that she really doesn't want us to discover her secret!" When seeing this ferocious devil paddling closer to them in a boat, Allen chuckled and thought silently.
This time, he raised his right hand, and a faint black mist emerged from his palm, like a woman's black veil, slowly drifting towards this strange-looking devil.
Although the mist looked light and ethereal, and seemed to have no substance, the moment it touched the devil, it seemed to turn into countless sharp blades, stabbing the devil with bright red blood oozing out of his body.
It flowed all over the boat and all over the ground, and in the blink of an eye the entire road was dyed red.
"Let's go to the boat," Alan said to Catherine.
Catherine obeyed obediently.
Allen used the "Mage's Hand" to throw the devil's body overboard, and then the two stepped onto the boat.
At this moment, after being stained with the blood of the devil, the entire road turned into a bright red river. Allen chanted the spell softly and used magic to push the boat upstream along the blood-red river.
Catherine sat next to him, holding the edge of the boat with both hands, looking around nervously, her whole body trembling slightly, and the closer she got to the capital, the more frightened she felt.
She saw on the river, flowers floating down from the upper reaches of the blood river.
There are white lilies, bright violets, and elegant carnations.
These flowers floated quietly on the blood river, drifting farther and farther in the waves, until they gradually withered and disappeared from Catherine's sight.
After an unknown amount of time, the boat finally reached the end of the bloody river.
At the end of the bloody river is a long staircase.
The stairs lead through a dense forest to a white spire building built on the top of a mountain.
On the top of the building, there was a golden flag with a sun pattern waving in the wind.
Allen quickly guessed that the white building was the temple of the Sun God.
Because part of the spire of this building is still missing.
Delphi's notes indicate that about seventy years ago, the emperor of the Essa Empire began to build the Temple of the Sun God. But today, the temple is still incomplete and has not been repaired.
What is the reason for this?
Just when Allen was puzzled by this, he suddenly felt Catherine beside him gently tug on his sleeve.
"Teacher, follow me," she said softly. "Only by following me will you not get lost."
Allen nodded and followed her out of the boat to the shore.
Then he followed Catherine up the long steps, passed through the dense groves, and passed through the labyrinth-like narrow corridors under the Temple of the Sun.
Finally, they passed through a golden door and came to a splendid hall.
At the end of the hall, there is a statue of the Sun God.
But the statue was shrouded in a dazzling light, and its true appearance could not be seen clearly.
Under the statue of the god, hundreds of believers are prostrate and worship.
But in Allen's field of vision, these believers all seemed to have exactly the same, but vague, faces, which looked lifeless and lifeless.
He looked at this strange thing, thoughtfully.
Catherine quietly hid behind him.
At this moment, a gentle and melodious voice sounded in the hall:
"Elijah Phoenix, you are finally here."
The name "Elijah Phoenix" sounded familiar yet unfamiliar, causing Allen to frown slightly.
"Who are you?" Allen asked calmly.
"My name is Elaine Bright, the priestess of the Sun Temple." A woman in a white dress slowly walked out from behind the statue of the Sun God. "I think you should have guessed me a long time ago."
identity."
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ps: Thank you for the 2887 tip from Xingyu Xianwan! Sorry, I was busy looking for information today, so I am a little late.